The Stanley Cup Goes To Boston!!!

[Tim Little]

It happens everywhere though and I don't think any number of championships a city might have, they just can't prepare for everything.
Boston is a prime example; when the Patriots won the Super bowl (and they have won a few) a riot ensued and people died.

Not to take this too far off-topic, but just to set the record straight:

If you're referring to Victoria Snelgrove's death, that was after the 2004 ALCS, and she was unintentionally shot with a pepper-spray canister thanks to a member of the BPD who was subsequently suspended from the force because of the incident.

That is the only fatality that I'm aware of happening in Boston during our city's recent championship run.

[piperdown]

Not to take this too far off-topic, but just to set the record straight:

If you're referring to Victoria Snelgrove's death, that was after the 2004 ALCS, and she was unintentionally shot with a pepper-spray canister thanks to a member of the BPD who was subsequently suspended from the force because of the incident.

That is the only fatality that I'm aware of happening in Boston during our city's recent championship run.

Sorry if I misquoted. I heard it on the news the night of that it was three people who tragically died after the super bowl.

Boston was the better team and I knew we would have trouble with Tim Thomas if he got hot. What a series he had!!

[Tim Little]

Boston was the better team and I knew we would have trouble with Tim Thomas if he got hot. What a series he had!!

Thomas played out of his mind, that's for sure... though not without some help from his friends and a little old-fashioned luck, too!

Meanwhile Luongo certainly did nothing to quiet his detractors; the Jekyll-and-Hyde act was truly mystifying. I hope for his -- and the Canucks' -- sake he spends some time with a good sports psychologist this summer. Granted he's a pro, but his issues are clearly in his head and the extra weight of feeling you likely cost your team a championship *can* be a career-killer.

Boston did play better overall throughout the series, but I think the Canucks will learn and grow from this much as the B's did from their experience in the '09-'10 playoffs. Rematch next year?